Powertech goes to bat for uranium industry

Official says groundwater protection rules unreasonable

2:41 AM,
Nov. 18, 2010

Written by

BOBBY MAGILL
BobbyMagill@coloradoan.com

A Powertech Uranium Corp. official said the company is going to bat for the entire uranium industry with its lawsuit against the state over groundwater protection rules the company considers unreasonable.

Powertech USA President Richard Clement said the company is on track to file a permit application in 2011 for its Centennial Project uranium mine northeast of Fort Collins despite the lawsuit.

"What we're doing by filing (the lawsuit), there's a number of issues there that we felt were inappropriately dealt with, but the rules themselves, we feel the rules are livable, and we can work ...